Legal terms starting with H

A legal action challenging unlawful or indefinite detention and demanding release or a hearing.

A person with multiple prior criminal convictions who faces enhanced penalties for new crimes under habitual offender laws.

A crime motivated by prejudice against a person's race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristic.

An out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of what it asserts.

A person legally entitled to inherit from someone who dies without a valid will, determined by state law.

A contract clause in which one party agrees to protect the other from legal liability and financial loss.

A will written entirely in the testator's own handwriting without witnesses.

A legal protection that shields a primary residence from creditors' claims up to a certain value.

The act of one person causing the death of another human being.